One of my favorite musicals is called "Into the Woods", and a song that has always touched me from this show is called "Children will listen." Here's a bit of the lyrics:
Careful the things you say,
Children will listen.
Careful the things you do,
Children will see.
And learn.
Children may not obey,
But children will listen.
Children will look to you
For which way to turn,
To learn what to be.
Careful before you say,
"Listen to me."
Children will listen.
I imagine you might be thinking, "Why in the world would she go on about this?" It struck me tonight, when I attended the hockey game against Marquette
that in each event where we have our students compete and perform, these students become heroes in the eyes of the younger children in attendance. Do our
students realize what an impact they make on these little ones?
All of us are role models. We may not think what we do or how we conduct ourselves matters, but it does. Each one of us can choose a path to be the "hero"
in someone's life. It isn't always easy. As I've mentioned in previous posts, these are challenging times for Escanaba. As we venture together into the
years ahead, what have we done to be good role models? Have we each done all we can do to improve the collective "good?" Each day we have still another chance
to make a difference. We need to keep trying.